Before the Vikings: The Extraordinary Nordic Bronze Age
Nordic Spirit Symposium
During the Nordic Bronze Age, about 1700 to 500 BC, Scandinavia stood out from the rest of Europe for its bronze craftsmanship and abundant petroglyphic rock art. Trade routes to the Mediterranean were active with amber from the Baltic in exchange for metal and a variety of things. Maritime trade also grew. Features commonly attributed to the Vikings were prevalent and developing during the Nordic Bronze Age. Boats, warriors and animals were common depictions in the rock art of southern Scandinavia. Some scholars find the Nordic Bronze Age much more interesting than the Viking Age; others suggest there would be no Viking Age without the Nordic Bronze Age. This symposium will carry on the tradition of presentations by experts with ample time for guest interaction and discussion.
Archaeologists from major universities in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland will travel to Thousand Oaks to give illustrated presentations on this extraordinary era in Scandinavian history. These presentations will be geared toward a public audience.
Reservations are requested for the reception at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7 ($15), and required by Jan. 27 for the dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 ($45). The dinner will take place in the Lundring Events Center. Admission is $25 for the Friday evening program and $50 for the daylong Saturday program. The event is free for Cal Lutheran students, faculty and staff. For the full symposium schedule, visit.
For more information and early registration fees, contact Howard Rockstad at 805-497-3717 or nordicspiritclassics@gmail.com.
The symposium is sponsored by the Scandinavian American Cultural and Historical Foundation and Cal Lutheran, and made possible by generous grants from the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation and the Norway House Foundation in San Francisco.
Sponsored By
 Scandinavian American Cultural and Historical Foundation, Cal Lutheran, Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation and Norway House FoundationContact
Howard Rockstad
nordicspiritclassics@gmail.com
805-497-3717